The most basic of the twenty-four principles or elements of the Universe found in the Indian holistic healing practice of Ayurveda is called “Prakruti” or creativity. As human beings, we are first and foremost creators. Our individual creativity is the essence of life on this planet. What we create is the only tangible thing that we leave behind when we die. Our life is the canvas, our intention the brush strokes, our emotions the paint. Do masterful artists let paintings they have painted long ago decide how they will look at their life upon waking up each morning? Do the master artists use their creative energy and time repainting the same picture over and over because they have decided that the previous copies aren't masterpieces yet? I see master artists painting new pictures everyday knowing that each one is unique and will speak to and inspire people regardless of how they view it. Once a painting is done, does the artist sit in the gallery where it is displayed in order to gauge the reaction, feelings, and thoughts others take away when viewing it? While sitting there, is the artist apologizing to those who don't like it, reasoning with those who are angered by it, or smiling with those whose heart was opened by it? I see the artist doing what they do best, what they are here to do, regardless of what others say or think. Do they paint what is in their heart and what they feel passionate about? Is their drive fueled by a knowing that this contribution will be their mark on the world? Faith is placed in the idea that their masterpieces will speak to other lonely artists whose life it will change the second they set eyes on it. A knowing that others will use it as their inspiration. You have no idea the masterpieces you are creating for others everyday. Stop looking at your old pictures and wishing you would have painted them better. They are already in the gallery inspiring those who can see them. Do what you do best, what you are here to do. Never stop painting! “My brain is only a receiver, in the universe, there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength, and inspiration. -Nikola Tesla The brain or mind is not where intelligence is found. In addition, creativity seldom makes an appearance in those areas as well. If you are talking about simply regurgitating facts, the brain areas associated with memory are simply doing their job. However, we are interested in creative, inspired, passionate, channeled information in which the whole organism is the receiver. And only a certain few, very personal factors need to be in play to reach such a state. No standardized test or exam can glean this information about an individual. Hence, this is why it continues to remain so illusive. Dare we say that perhaps it is in it's intimate, individual relationship with this connection, personal or otherwise, that the creative expression can unfold in its full beauty. The mere idea of producing it or standardizing it would be to extinguish it. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” Albert Einstein So the question now leads to the idea of cultivating this pure human connection to all that is, was, and ever will be. Indeed, all information can be accessed from here. It is where the wellspring of creativity thrives. Of course no one individual can see it all. Yet each, if open, will get what they need and want from such connection. The act of defining it would be to cheapen it. For example, how does one define love? There are the descriptions of the physical reactions such as increased heart rate, body temperature, and respiration. Yet these would not compare in the slightest or be able to describe to the unexperienced what is truly being talked about. Since these are also attributes of increased physical activity. To truly connect, one first needs to have a knowing that shakes them loose from their current, purposely limited, belief system. Such a system is set upon dis-empowering individualism in the name of the collective. In it's truest sense, the collective is important but in this day and age that idea has been hijacked and co-oped. Dr. Eric Pearl says it best in his book The Reconnection when he states that “we have difficulty understanding the concept that we are all one. If we were the true embodiment of that concept, there wouldn't be any lessons to be experienced. The ego gives us the identity to experience the lesson in terms of a very specific viewpoint-ours. “ “You have to be a light to yourself in a world that is utterly becoming dark” Jiddu Krishnamurti It boils down to trusting in your process no matter how it presents itself. Follow your intuition, for it is connected to all information outside space and time. If it checks out with your intuition (gut feeling), then send it to the heart to put it into your field of coherence. By mixing that information with your hearts large, abundant electromagnetic field you are supercharging it. Only use your mind if some left brain tasks need to be handled as things unfold. Your analytical mind and it's negative voice is essentially blind and impotent when attempting to see an entire situation or create. It is not meant to run your life from or find inspiration. It's only to serve as a tool to accomplish a task. It's really that simple. “All will be revealed my friend” -Anthony Kedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers)